NASHVILLE, Tenn.--A Tennessee state representative hopes to prevent drunk driving by banning offenders from being able to purchase alcohol.
A bill being drafted by Kingsport Republican Rep. Bud Hulsey would impose the ban for offenders based on offense.
INDIANAPOLIS — It's been a hotly debated topic for years — Sunday alcohol sales in Indiana.
Wednesday, the Senate Public Policy Committee voted unanimously to approve a Sunday alcohol sales bill. WSBT 22's Katlin Connin spent the day in Indianapolis.
RAPID CITY, S.D. - At the annual State of the State address, Gov. Dennis Daugaard said that he will introduce legislation aimed at growing the craft beer industry. The governor wants to increase production caps and self-distribution.
WHITESBORO, Tex. (KXII) -- Whitesboro voters are campaigning to legalize alcohol sales in the city, hoping to get the proposition on the May ballot.
The city is completely dry, meaning no alcohol is sold in the city limits.
Any reader of this column and any fan of the Maryland craft beer industry knows the travesty that transpired in the Maryland state legislature last spring. For those of you who might have missed it, or are unaware, I will give you some background on what went down.
At Tuesday's meeting, Bethel City Council will consider putting two alcohol propositions on the ballot for October’s municipal election. One would ask voters whether Bethel should revisit its earlier decision under the local option alcohol law and prohibit all alcohol sales, except from a city-run liquor store.
Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot’s attempt to drastically alter Maryland’s alcoholic beverage laws is being met with opposition from a coalition of wholesalers, retailers and public health advocates, according to the Baltimore Sun.
ALBANY, New York - Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal to potentially end the state's minimum wage tip credit could cause food service workers to lose money and restaurants to cut jobs and even close — hurting those the proposal is intended to help, employees and restaurant owners say.
Texas craft beer distributors received an early Christmas present in 2017. On December 15, 2017, the Texas Court of Appeals for the Third District, at Austin issued an opinion in Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission v. Live Oak Brewing Co., et al. (NO. 03-16-00786-CV) in which the court overturned a lower court’s determination that a statute prohibiting self-distributing brewers from selling the distribution rights to their products was unconstitutional under the Texas Constitution.
The purpose of Maryland’s regulation of the alcohol industry is “for the protection, health, welfare, and safety of the people of the state,” and it is for that reason only that state law justifies policies to “displace or limit economic competition.”
